Classroom Assistant – Head Start

Full-Time
Family Development Services' full time Classroom Assistant – Head Start will perform any combination of the following instructional tasks in the classroom to assist the Preschool Teacher in Head Start or Infant/Toddler Teacher in Early Head Start by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assist with the planning and implementation of lesson plans
• Use developmentally appropriate techniques to interact with children – individually or in groups – to support learning throughout the day
• Daily completion of USDA documentation at point of service
• Clean tabletops and floor areas after meals and activities, and clean cots as needed

• Accompany the Preschool Teacher on home visits
• Ability to collaborate, effectively facilitate change, communicate opening and effectively, delegate, be flexible, good time/project management, task driven, willingness to learn.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds-especially if necessary to care for a child.
• Abilities to, with or without reasonable accommodations: talk, hear, stand, reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel; crouch; crawl; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; see up close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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Applicants must meet the following basic qualifications for consideration:*

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Child Development Associate certificate (CDA), gain within one (1) year of employment

Applicants with the following qualifications are preferred:

• Prefer experience with children 0 to 5 years old
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Grade levels:

• High school

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Early childhood education: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person